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The Mote in God's Eye is a science fiction novel by American writers Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle, first published in 1974.The story is set in the distant future of Pournelle's CoDominium universe, and charts the first contact between humanity and an alien species.
The Gripping Hand is a science fiction novel by American writers Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle, published in 1993.A sequel to their 1974 work The Mote in God's Eye, The Gripping Hand is, chronologically, the last novel to be set in the CoDominium universe (though in 2010, Pournelle's daughter, Jennifer, published an authorized sequel entitled Outies [1]).
Niven at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California, 2007. Laurence van Cott Niven (/ ˈ n ɪ v ən /; born April 30, 1938) is an American science fiction writer. [2] His 1970 novel Ringworld won the Hugo, Locus, Ditmar, and Nebula awards. With Jerry Pournelle he wrote The Mote in God's Eye (1974) and Lucifer's Hammer (1977).
CoDominium is a series of future history novels written by American writer Jerry Pournelle, along with several co-authors, primarily Larry Niven.. The CoDominium (CD) is a political alliance and union between the United States and the Soviet Union in Pournelle's fictional history.
Destiny's Road (1997) (by Niven alone; not precisely a continuation of the Heorot series: located in the same universe, events from the first two novels are briefly mentioned) (book 3) The Secret of Black Ship Island (2012) (novella; with Steven Barnes and Jerry Pournelle ) (release order book 4) (stated book “1.5” in series ie. should be ...
War World is a series of collaborative science fiction books set in the CoDominium universe of Jerry Pournelle, some novels being co-authored by John F. Carr and Don Hawthorne, as well as Larry Niven and S. M. Stirling. It consists of ten short story anthologies by various authors as well as six novels.
Robert L. Forward helped Niven calculate the parameters of the ring. There is no "ground" in the Smoke Ring; it is a world consisting entirely of sky. Thus, most animals can fly, even the fish. Furthermore, since the Smoke Ring is in orbit, it is in free fall. There is no "up" or "down", only "in" or "out" from Voy.
The Best of Larry Niven is a collection of science fiction and fantasy stories written by Larry Niven and edited by Jonathan Strahan, first published in hardcover by Subterranean Press in December 2010.